Bought a new 2013 Polaris Sportsman n it only has 20 hours on it and it messed up! The dealership is saying its the drivebelt n that's not under warranty! Has anybody had this problem? Thanks for whatever advice I can get?

 

If you're going slow or working hard in high gear it can burn up the belt. In those situations you need to use low gear.

 

Thanks for the feedback I appreciate it! But I've only been poking around the house cause they said the break in period is 10 hours n it only has 20 hours n I've still been taking it easy just n case!

 

If your only "under heavy load" while going slow you need Low range.

I ride all the time slow without pulling or pushing or easy trail riding and stay in high range. I have change my belt every 2000 miles and the old belt still looked good.

The 2010 Sportsman 400H.O did not even have a low range.

Get them to put a belt in it if its already apart and if it happens again there is another problem.

I could not screw up a belt in 20 hrs with out putting a real effort into it.

 

I had a chart on the wall at the shop that showed 9 different ways a belt could be bad or damaged. 7 were operator error and only 2 cases would Polaris even consider replacement at no charge! One was belt separation on the top,the other was if any cogs on the belt sheared off. I tried to warranty a few that I thought were valid defects and we had to eat the cost of the belts on several they wouldn't take! Polaris is a long way now from the lifetime warranty that they offered for a short while! Cost them too much money I guess. OPT

 

I appreciate all the feedback Thanks!

 

I got a 2013 850xp and put 6h and 107 kilometers np at all gave a freind with a 2013 scrambler 850 bought it in september the minute tge dealer got it and tiday gad raje ckutch apart cyse a secondary bearing was seazed due to water in the clutch driver error but belt is fine still new he has 30h on it

 

Thanks a lot I appreciate it! It just stinks lot of money for it to only last this long especially as easy as it was rode! The only places its been my sons little Eton 50 has been! If his little 50 can make it through n this 400 messes up going through it I'm not buying another one n I was just about 2 buy my wife one just like mine but don't know now! Thanks!!!!!!